Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Lažeš, kradeš, bolhe ješ« z angleškim prevodom.
Lažeš, kradeš, bolhe ješ, v šolo hodiš nič ne veš, ko pa prideš do kosila, tam te čaka policija, policija reče stop, ti pa padeš v zapor. v zaporu so pa kače, ki te pikajo v hlače.
#English translation
You lie, you steal, you eat fleas, you go to school and know nothing, and when you come to lunch, the police are waiting there for you, the police say stop, and you fall into jail. and in the jail there are snakes, that bite you in the trousers.
#Lažeš, kradeš, bolhe ješ at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- traditional playground taunt; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
Not every children’s rhyme is kind, and this one is frankly a taunt — the sort of exaggerated, mean-for-fun nonsense children chant at each other in the playground. It opens with a volley of accusations — you lie, you steal, you eat fleas, you go to school and know nothing — and then escalates gleefully into the absurd: the police are waiting at lunch, they say “stop”, you’re thrown in jail, and in the jail there are snakes that bite you in the trousers.
The saving grace is that it is so over-the-top that it reads as cartoonish teasing rather than real cruelty — no child truly eats fleas or gets jailed by snakes. Still, it is a taunt, and part of the honest, sometimes rough-edged world of playground rhymes, which are not always gentle. No author is recorded; mean little verses like this survive precisely because children delight in trading them, and we include it as a true, if prickly, corner of the tradition.
Common questions
- What kind of rhyme is "Lažeš, kradeš, bolhe ješ"?
- A teasing playground taunt — the sort of exaggerated, mean-for-fun nonsense children chant at one another. It piles up accusations: you lie, you steal, you eat fleas, you go to school and know nothing — and then escalates absurdly to the police saying "stop", jail, and snakes that bite you in the trousers.
- Is "Lažeš, kradeš, bolhe ješ" meant to be hurtful?
- It is meant as cartoonish teasing rather than real cruelty — the accusations are so wild (eating fleas, snakes in jail) that the whole thing is more silly than serious. Still, it is a taunt, and we include it as an honest part of the children's-rhyme tradition, mean corners and all.
- Who wrote "Lažeš, kradeš, bolhe ješ"?
- No author is recorded; taunt-rhymes like this are pure playground tradition, passed from child to child by word of mouth.
